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Red Flag Warning 28, NWS Norman, OK

May 15, 202610 counties in Oklahoma; Hardeman County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at May 15, 2026, 2:23 PM CDT for 10 counties in Oklahoma; Hardeman County, Texas. It took effect at May 16, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2026, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 16, 2026, 9:17 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

Counties Beckham County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Hardeman County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at May 15, 12:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 12:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	45 min
May 14, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	29 min
May 15, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods	32 min
May 15, 3:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	26 min
May 15, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, Washita	30 min
May 15, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	41 min
May 15, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	33 min
May 15, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Washita	42 min
May 14, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Knox	29 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2026 Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2026 Every red flag warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.